Introduction to EDEM Tutorial 1000: Conveyor

Stephen Cole

Simulation Files and tutorial PDF

EDEM 1000 Conveyor (1).zip

This tutorial details the set-up of a simulation and covers the following EDEM functions:

• Creation of Particle and Geometry materials
• Creation of Particles with a User Defined Size distribution
• Creation of a MultiSphere Particle Prototype. The multi-sphere particle shape is defined using particle CAD templates, which can be imported to EDEM and manually filled with spherical particles
• Use Conveyor Kinematics, which provides movement and acceleration of the conveyor belt. 
• Creation of bin groups in the Analyst to analyze particles and their properties in specified regions
• Export of simulation data to a .csv (text) file
• Choosing Simulator Engine

Model Overview

A conveyor belt transporting material to a hopper.

Please check the video tutorial below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka6s_q2mC9I

Duration

• Setup - 40 min
• Simulation - 1 min
• Analysis - 20 min

For further EDEM learning material please see the following links for tutorials , e-learning, training and How-To videos: 

• EDEM Tutorials
• https://help.altair.com/edem > tutorials
• YouTube - EDEM Tutorials
• New to EDEM? – Check the EDEM eLearning courses
• EDEM online training
• Altair How-To YouTube

And for further information and latest updates please see the Altair EDEM Community page:

• Altair Community - EDEM